Book of the Dead for Chonsu-mes

21st Dynasty, ca. 1000 BC , Presumably from Thebes

 

 

Book of the Dead for Chonsu-mes

The Book of the Dead was a compilation of spells which should enable the deceased to gain entry to the underworld. This particular example consists almost entirely of scenes; the text amounts only to names. The vignette of mummification by Anubis is especially important, like the judgment scene with the weighing of the heart before Osiris and the monster Ammit, the “Devourer”.

Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Raum V

Object data

Object Name

Papyrus

Culture

Ägyptisch

Period

3rd Intermediate Period

Dated

21st Dynasty, ca. 1000 BC

Material

Papyrus

Dimensions

L 410 cm, H 15,5 - 16 cm

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung

Inv. No.

Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 3859

Provenance

1825, acquired from the collection of Bernardino Drovetti

100 Meisterwerke - Totenbuch des Chonsu-mes

IGS - Totenbuch des Chonsu-mes

OESG - Totenbuch des Chonsu-mes

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